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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M6156

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 1957-10-05
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M6156
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:148932"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations C
Collector Johnston, W. C  
Supplied as "Johnston, W C"
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
State conservation South Australia: Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:86508
Occurrence date 1957-10-05
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Kogia breviceps
Supplied scientific name "Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Kogiidae
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia breviceps
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.88
Supplied as: "-34.88"
Longitude 135.72
Supplied as: "135.72"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Sleaford Bay
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 53 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 43 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 13722bde-667c-4fac-8eb5-1d58cc1cf41f
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -34.88,135.72
    Related records
    Record UUID 6ca99ebb-8dad-4e12-b9b8-2d866e1f40f7
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -34.88,135.72

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Thorny Passage
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Thorny Passage
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)